[Adopted 10-27-1959]
No person shall in any manner interfere with
or molest the fire hydrants in the Village.
No person shall cut, mar or otherwise injure
any shade tree planted or growing in or along the streets of said
Village or hitch any horse or other animal thereto.
No person shall damage or injure any streetlight
in said Village.
No person shall break, mar, injure, remove or
deface any building, fence, awning, signboard, tree, shrubbery or
other ornamental thing not his own in said Village.
Every owner or occupant of any dwelling, house,
store, shop or other building or of any vacant lot within said Village
shall keep the sidewalks in front of the premises so owned or occupied
free from snow, ice, dirt or debris of any kind, and, if such person
shall neglect or refuse to remove the same from such sidewalk, the
same shall be removed by the Street Commissioner at the expense of
such owner or occupant, such expense, when allowed by the Trustees,
to be a lien upon such premises.[1]
Public meetings or gatherings shall not be allowed
in the Village Park without consent of the Trustees. No unauthorized
person shall feed any animals, birds or fish maintained on or within
any public lands, parks or buildings of the Village.[1]
A.
Canvas awnings, if suspended by iron, steel or other
substantial framework securely attached to the building in front of
which such awning shall be constructed or suspended and if any part
of such framework shall be at least seven feet above the sidewalk,
may be constructed and maintained over the public sidewalks of the
Village, provided that permission has been obtained from the Board
of Trustees or its duly authorized officer or employee, and the owner
of the premises upon which the same is proposed to be erected or maintained
shall agree in writing to save the Village harmless from all claims
for damages arising from such awnings.
B.
Temporary canopies may be permitted between the curb
and building on buildings where permission has been obtained from
the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 6-11-2002 by L.L. No. 3-2002]
A.
Purpose and intent. The purpose of this section is
to establish predictable and balanced regulation for the cutting and
removal of weeds and grass within the Village of Manlius, while protecting
the public from the adverse aesthetic and health impacts caused by
unmown weeds, grass and other rank vegetation.
B.
Cutting and removal of certain vegetation.
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant or
person having control of any lot or land in the Village to permit
or maintain on any such lot or land any growth of weeds or grass to
a greater height than 10 inches on the average, or any accumulation
of dead weeds, grass or brush. This subsection shall not apply to
land under cultivation or naturally wooded areas.
[Amended 10-14-2014 by L.L. No. 8-2014]
(2)
It shall also be unlawful for any such person to cause,
suffer or allow poison ivy, ragweed or other poisonous plants or plants
detrimental to health to grow on any such lot or land in such manner
that any part of such ivy, ragweed or other poisonous weed shall extend
upon, overhang or border any public place or allow seeds, pollens
or other poisonous particles or emanations therefrom to be carried
through the air into any public place.
C.
Duty of owner or occupant. It shall be the duty of any owner or occupant or person having control of any lot or land to cut and remove or cause to be cut and removed all such weeds, grass or other rank, poisonous or harmful vegetation as often as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of § 75-11B, provided that cutting and removing such weeds, grass and vegetation at least once in every two weeks between May 1 and September 30 shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section.
D.
Noncompliance; notice; Village to do work.
(1)
If the provision of the above subsections are not
complied with, the Codes Enforcement Officer shall serve written notice
upon the owner, occupant or any person having the control of any such
lot or land to comply with the provisions of this section, and, if
no person can be found, by posting the notice on the premises and
mailing a copy of the notice to the premises, or to the owner of the
premises, as shown on the current Village tax roll.
(2)
If the person upon who the notice is served or sent
fails, neglects or refuses to cut and remove or cause to be cut and
removed such weeds, grass or other vegetation within five days after
the notice is sent or personally delivered, or if no person can be
found in the Village who either is or claims to be the owner of the
lot or land or who either presents or claims to represent the owner,
the Codes Enforcement Officer, in cooperation with the Village Department
of Public Works, shall cause the weeds, grass and other vegetation
on the lot or land to be cut and removed, and the actual cost of the
cutting and removal, plus a service charge of 30% thereof to cover
the cost of supervision and administration, shall be certified by
the Codes Enforcement Officer to the Village Clerk, and the certified
amount shall then become and be a lien upon the property on which
such weeds, grass and other vegetation were located and the amount
thereof shall be levied, enforced and collected in the same manner,
by the same proceedings, at the same time, with the same penalties
and having the same lien upon the property as general Village taxes.
E.
Interference with Village agents or employees. It shall be unlawful for any person to resist, obstruct or interfere with the Codes Enforcement Officer or any agent or employee of the Village in the cutting and removal of weeds, grass or rank, poisonous or harmful vegetation as set forth in § 75-11D hereof.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, either as owner,
occupant, lessee, agent, tenant or otherwise, to store or deposit,
or cause or permit to be stored or deposited, outdoors in public view
upon any private land within the corporate limits of the Village,
any abandoned, junked, discarded, unregistered or uninspected motor
vehicle which is not legally able to be operated in the State of New
York.
B.
The Code Enforcement Officer of the Village shall
cause notice to be served upon the owner, occupant or person having
charge of any such land, to comply with the provisions of this section.
Such notice shall be served personally, or if the owner of the land
cannot be found within the limits of the Village, service by mail
is authorized. The notice shall be in substantially the following
form:
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"To the owner, occupant or person having charge
of land known on the Assessment Map of the Village of Manlius as Lot(s)
_____, or Number(s) _____, Sheet _____, Block _____, or Number _____,
Street or Avenue.
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"Notice is hereby given that an abandoned, junked, discarded, unlicensed, unregistered or uninspected motor vehicle has been found, stored or deposited upon the above-described property in the Village of Manlius in violation of § 75-12 of the Code of the Village of Manlius. This motor vehicle must be removed from such property or otherwise brought into conformance with § 75-12 of the Code within five days from the date of this notice.
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"In case you fail or refuse to comply with this
notice on or before the expiration of said five days from the date
of this notice, the Village of Manlius, acting through its duly authorized
agents, servants, officers and employees, may take such action as
may be authorized by law, including entering upon your land and removing
and causing the motor vehicle to be destroyed. The expense incurred
by the Village will be assessed against the above-described land,
and shall constitute a lien thereon, and be collected as provided
by law."
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